Buckle.



No- 784,736. PATENTED MAR. 14, 1905.

H. G. EVANS.

BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 30, 1904.

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L z 54 25 a f Z E'E ELJ UNITED STATES Patented March 14., 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 784,7 36, dated March 14, 1905. Application filed April 30 1904. Serial No. 205,847.

shaped that its front end acts to deflect the strap about the deflecting-bar, thereby preventing the motion of the strap through myclasp when strain is applied to bend the strap over the deflecting-bar and under the lever, as will now be more fully described with reference to the drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan of my clasp. Fig. 2 is a section on line 2 2 of Fig. 1, but showingthe strap used in one way. Fig. 2 is a similar section showing the strap used in another way. Fig. 3 is a plan of a modified form; and Fig. 4 is a section on line 4 4 of Fig. 3, but showing the strap.

In the form shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 2 the frame A is made up of the three cross-bars a a" a with proper side connections, and the lever B is fulcrumed, as by ears 5, made integral with lever B, to cross-bar c of'the frame.-

Lever B extends over the deflecting-bar a and between bars a and a, as shown in each of the drawings, and is so shaped that when the.strap is deflected over cross-bar a and again deflected by theshort arm 6 of lever link 0 and extends back between lever B and deflecting-bar a and under the short arm I) of lever B, the other end of strap D being secured to the link 0.

In Fig. 4 one end of the strap D is secured to the cross-bar a, and thence renders through link 0 and back between lever B and deflecting-bar a and under the short arm 7) of lever B, the other end of strap 1) being secured to link 0.

The operation is thesame in all the forms so far as concerns holding that part of the strap which lies between the lever B and the deflecting-bar a under a pull in the direction of the arrow, and this is the main feature of my invention--namely, the combination of lever B with a frame having two cross-bars, one the fulcrum of lever B and the other the deflecting-bar, the running portion of the strap lying between the deflecting-bar and the fulcrum of lever B and extending under the short arm of lever B, as shown.

My invention is applicable for use with a variety of devices, such as arm-bands, suspenders, garters, and overshoes.

\Vliat I claim as my invention is The buckle" above described comprisin frame A with fulcrum-bar a and cross-bar 11/ and lever B with a short and a long arm, the lever being arranged with its short arm between the fulcrum (r of the lever and crossbar a of the frame and with its long arm curved about the cross-bar (1 substantially as shown.

HERBERT G. EVANS. 

